The median advertised pay for a travel ER (emergency room) contract in Minnesota is $2,458 per week, with the middle half between $2,385 and $2,788. Measured across 16 active travel ER contracts in Minnesota at 11 facilities, as of 2026-10-31.
Advertised weekly totals before tax, usually including tax-free stipends; for almost all postings the top of an advertised range. Not take-home.
That is 4 percent over the $2,358 national median for travel ER contracts.
Minnesota is not a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so you need a Minnesota license to work here even if you hold a multistate license. The compact state list explains which states issue one, and the compact checker tells you whether yours covers you here.
| Weekly rate | Open contracts |
|---|---|
| Under $2,300 | 2 |
| $2,300 to $2,400 | 3 |
| $2,400 to $2,500 | 3 |
| $2,500 to $2,600 | 2 |
| $2,600 to $2,700 | 0 |
| $2,700 to $2,800 | 2 |
| $2,800 to $2,900 | 2 |
| $2,900 and up | 2 |
All 16 open contracts, banded by advertised weekly rate. The outer bands are open-ended so nothing falls outside the chart.
Minnesota has the 22th highest price level of the 51 states and territories the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures: 1 percent under the national average overall. The premium is concentrated in housing, at 9 percent under, while goods sit 1 percent over and services 0 percent over. That matters more than the headline number, because housing is the part a tax-free stipend is meant to cover and the rest comes out of taxed wages.
| Metro | Open contracts | Median weekly | Rent, 1 bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Cloud | 3 | $2,401 | — |
| Bemidji | 2 | $2,358 | $830/mo |
| Minneapolis | 2 | $2,601 | $1,350/mo |
| Shakopee | 2 | $2,910 | $1,480/mo |
| Coon Rapids | 1 | $2,779 | $1,505/mo |
| Detroit Lakes | 1 | $2,818 | — |
| Graceville | 1 | $2,265 | — |
| Hibbing | 1 | $2,526 | — |
| Melrose | 1 | $2,401 | — |
| Sandstone | 1 | $2,781 | — |
| Willmar | 1 | $2,282 | — |
Rent is the one-bedroom Fair Market Rent HUD publishes for that metro, which is what a housing stipend is trying to cover. The open-contract count beside each metro is the sample its median rests on, and outside the largest markets that sample is small: a median over one or two contracts is a single posting's rate rather than a market rate, so read the count first.
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Over the last seven days the median advertised rate rose 4.7 percent, from $2,511 to $2,628 a week. Measured against the seven days before it, across 18 open postings, 2026-10-18 to 2026-10-31.
This compares advertised rates within one specialty in one state, which is the only cut where a change in the median is likely to mean a change in price rather than a change in which contracts are posted. Where the number of open postings moves sharply, no figure is shown.
Drawn from the postings that state a requirement, which is not all of them, so each figure carries the number it was measured from. Your recruiter confirms the specifics for a given contract before submission.
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